Be A Sport Relief 2012 Call Centre
Hundreds of brilliant organisations up and down the country donate their call centres to support Sport Relief.
By taking thousands of phone-donations, these companies and volunteers make a huge difference to people living incredibly tough lives. By being a vital part of the national campaign, they have a great time too!
So if you’d like your call centre to get involved, we’d love to hear from you now.
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Comic Relief is the charity that organises both Sport Relief and Red Nose Day. An amazing 130 call centres helped us out for Red Nose Day 2011 and had a cracking time while they were at it.
BT Newcastle
Cycle-Mania in Gosforth!Over 60 BT workers from across the North East staffed the phone lines at the BT Newcastle Contact Centre taking a massive £73,000 worth of donations for Sport Relief 2010.
Volunteers worked from 7pm until late into the night handling a massive 2500 calls.
The Gosforth contact centre staff also raised money to donate to Sport Relief with activities ranging from a cake sale to a cycle-a-thon which involved advisors, managers, trainers and even centre managers cycling 326 km in just 12 hours on a static bike - phew! The staff on site raised a fantastic £1600 in total!
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) - Glasgow
Calls from afar in GlasgowMore than 130 volunteers from GHA gathered to play their part in one of the UK's biggest fundraising drives all wearing t-shirts emblazoned with 'We're rising to the challenge'.
And rise to the challenge we did. Some donned red wigs, some had sprayed their hair green, others came in fancy dress. We all wore a smile on our faces.
"I'm having a great time," said Cass Hendry, a housing officer from Keystone. We took calls from the length and breadth of the UK and from as far away as Spain, Switzerland and even Jamaica. But it was far from all hard work and no play. At midnight the whistle blew and it was all over - bar the counting.
The grand total taken in by GHA staff over five hours was £94,519. Another £400 was raised from the staff raffle. Alex McGuire, Acting Director of Housing and Customer Services said. "It's been a real buzz. And if we do it again I want to be a call handler." "There's no ifs," said General Manager Mags Lightbody. "WHEN we do it again."
Skandia - Southampton
Keen to support next timeThis is the second time Skandia UK has hosted a donation call centre for Comic Relief. We had more than 70 volunteers from across the business that supported the evening and helped us take more calls than last year.
Everyone had a fantastic time and are keen to support next year. Here is what some of our team had to say about taking part.
"I had a blast."
"Great night and amazing organisation."
"I had a great night answering the phones. I was quite nervous to start with but soon got into the swing of it."
"A great opportunity to do something a bit different and meet new people from across Skandia."
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Cycle-Mania in Gosforth!
Over 60 BT workers from across the North East staffed the phone lines at the BT Newcastle Contact Centre taking a massive £73,000 worth of donations for Sport Relief 2010.
Volunteers worked from 7pm until late into the night handling a massive 2500 calls.
The Gosforth contact centre staff also raised money to donate to Sport Relief with activities ranging from a cake sale to a cycle-a-thon which involved advisors, managers, trainers and even centre managers cycling 326 km in just 12 hours on a static bike - phew! The staff on site raised a fantastic £1600 in total!
Calls from afar in Glasgow
More than 130 volunteers from GHA gathered to play their part in one of the UK's biggest fundraising drives all wearing t-shirts emblazoned with 'We're rising to the challenge'.
And rise to the challenge we did. Some donned red wigs, some had sprayed their hair green, others came in fancy dress. We all wore a smile on our faces.
"I'm having a great time," said Cass Hendry, a housing officer from Keystone. We took calls from the length and breadth of the UK and from as far away as Spain, Switzerland and even Jamaica. But it was far from all hard work and no play. At midnight the whistle blew and it was all over - bar the counting.
The grand total taken in by GHA staff over five hours was £94,519. Another £400 was raised from the staff raffle. Alex McGuire, Acting Director of Housing and Customer Services said. "It's been a real buzz. And if we do it again I want to be a call handler." "There's no ifs," said General Manager Mags Lightbody. "WHEN we do it again."
Skandia - Southampton
This is the second time Skandia UK has hosted a donation call centre for Comic Relief. We had more than 70 volunteers from across the business that supported the evening and helped us take more calls than last year.
Everyone had a fantastic time and are keen to support next year. Here is what some of our team had to say about taking part.
"I had a blast."
"Great night and amazing organisation."
"I had a great night answering the phones. I was quite nervous to start with but soon got into the swing of it."
"A great opportunity to do something a bit different and meet new people from across Skandia."